Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 20,550 (2009) Area code 29 Team Vecsési FC | County Pest Area 36.18 km² Local time Saturday 8:52 PM Postal code 2220 | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 48% Humidity | ||
Vecsés (German: Wetschesch) is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in Budapest metropolitan area, Pest county, Hungary, situated adjacent to Budapest's Ferihegy Airport.
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History
The village was first mentioned in records in 1318. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the region had a dense network of villages and extant documents mention it as an ecclesiastical place. In 1786 Count Antal Grassalkovich settled 50 families in Vecsés, who were mainly Swabian, and to a lesser extent Slovakian and Hungarian inhabitants from the surrounding villages. The movie Indul a bakterház was shot here.
The Swabian farmers grew cabbage and brought their Germanic tradition of sauerkraut production with them and Vecsés is famous even today for its sauerkraut. Vecsés started to develop quickly after it was formed. From the end of the 19th century, the population started to grow, the village had a busy social, cultural and political life. It had a high number of victims in World War II. By the late 20th century, Vecsés became a town of individual character and as such was elevated from village to town on 1 July 2001.
Economy
At one time the airline Wizz Air had its head office in the Airport Business Park C2 in Vecsés. The airline moved into its current head office on the property of Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport in the northern hemisphere summer of 2011.
Transportation
The autobus company "VOLÁNBUSZ" operates 3 buses to Vecsés town:
Twin towns — Sister cities
Vecsés is twinned with: